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  | | Indian Cinema(1st Edition) A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-872309-7, ISBN: 0-19-872309-1 "One film out of every five made anywhere on earth comes from India. From its beginnings under colonial rule through to the heights of Bollywood , Indian Cinema has challenged social injustices such as caste, the oppression of Indian women, religious intolerance, rural poverty, and the pressures of life in the burgeoning cities. And yet, the Indian movie industry makes only about five percent of Hollywood's annual revenue. In this Very S ..." |
 | | Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid From Bollywood to the Emergency (South Asian Cinemas) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-22048-6, ISBN: 0-253-22048-3 "In "Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid", Ashish Rajadhyaksha argues that any exploration of the social uses to which cinema is put in a place like India can only make sense if it transforms our understanding of cinema itself. Taking as his timeframe the era of celluloid, which is also marked by public experiences of spectatorship and uses of cinema by the state, Rajadhyaksha examines three moments of crisis for the Indian State in w ..." |
 | | Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid From Bollywood to the Emergency (South Asian Cinemas) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Indiana University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-253-35268-2, ISBN: 0-253-35268-1 "In Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid, Ashish Rajadhyaksha argues that any exploration of the social uses to which cinema is put in a place like India can only make sense if it transforms our understanding of cinema itself. Taking as his timeframe the era of celluloid, which is also marked by public experiences of spectatorship and uses of cinema by the state, Rajadhyaksha examines three moments of crisis for the Indian State in whi ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema(2nd Edition) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen Hardcover, 658 Pages, Published 1999 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-57958-146-6, ISBN: 1-57958-146-3 "The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised edition of the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 1970s to the 1990s and, for the first time, a comprehensive name index. Illustrated throughout, there is no comparable guide t ..." |
 | | Edge of Desire(1st Edition) Recent Art in India by Chaitanya Sambrani, Kajri Jain, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Asia Society. Museum Hardcover, 180 Pages, Published 2005 by Philip Wilson Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-85667-581-2, ISBN: 0-85667-581-4 "The book presents a decade-long perspective on contemporary visual practices in India, with stunning visuals and insightful essays by leading intellectuals in the field. Engaging with a diversity of art practices and creative conditions, the publication (and exhibition) questions cultural structures that segregate visual practices, making a case for a polycentric aesthetic. In this argument for an inclusive and non-hierarchical consider ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema(Updated) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen Paperback, 652 Pages, Published 1999 by British Film Institute ISBN-13: 978-0-85170-669-6, ISBN: 0-85170-669-X "The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this expanded and updated reference work. Covering the full range of Indian cinema the new edition includes vastly expanded coverage of mainstream productions from the 70s to the 90s, and additional material on the stars that have made their mark this decade. For the first time the work also includes a comprehensive index of names. There is no comparable guide to th ..." |
 | | Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen Hardcover, 544 Pages, Published 1995 by British Film Inst ISBN-13: 978-0-85170-455-5, ISBN: 0-85170-455-7 "Lily's father forces her to marry a barrister (Bawa) but she persuades Vasant not to kill himself. ... BHIKHARAN aka Song of Life 1935 143' b&w Hindi dls Premankur A tor thy pc Kolhapur Cine tone c V.B. Joshi m H.C. Bali ... It is a four- handed melodrama: Kedar (Hafizji) asks Madhavi (R. Bai) to leave home so that he may marry the rich Chandra (Pramila). ... Leading a life of boredom typical of the colonised leisure class, Vinakuma ..." |
 | | Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema(Updated) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha Hardcover, 658 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-564768-6, ISBN: 0-19-564768-8 "Drawing on the work of a large team of specialists, this book contains 500 entries on all the leading directors, stars, studios and genres in Indian cinema. In addition to comprehensive filmographies, it also features 1450 entries on key films from all periods and regions, with cast and credits as well as concise critical evaluations. A chronicle of film history, together with basic production statistics and an index, complete the volum ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema(2nd Edition) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen Digital, 658 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-135-94325-7, ISBN: 1-135-94325-7 "col Hindi d Homi Wadia pc Basant Picss J.B.H. Wadia, Hakim Lala lyrRaza Mehdi , Akhtar Roomani, B.D. Mishra, Chand Pandit c Anant Wadadekar m S.N. Tripathi lp Jairaj, Shakila, B.M. Vyas, Naina, Meenakshi, Krishna Kumari, Sheikh, S.N. Tripathi An Arabian Nightstale first filmedby Prafulla Ghosh asasilent 4-part serial in 1929. It tells, in Gevacolor, the story of Hatim who travels in the poverty-stricken Muflisganj, giving clothes an ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema(2nd Edition) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen Digital, 658 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-135-94318-9, ISBN: 1-135-94318-4 "Kanan Devi's unusually intense performance dominates the film, aided by a fast- moving script that broke with the convention of the static, frontal camera style of Indian filmdevotionals (cf. the move from the opening Dhol celebrations to the miracle scenes and the witches' dance, as well as the complicated climactic sequence). The sustained use of filmic close-ups allows Bidyapati's poetry to take on an autonomous motivational func ..." |
 | | Indian Cinema A Very Short Introduction by Ashish Rajadhyaksha 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-103477-0, ISBN: 0-19-103477-0 "In 2011, it said, 'commercial success ratio of films remain(ed) roughly 15 per cent to 17 per cent'. This proportion had remained virtually unchanged, at least since Independence. It was a crucial figure in the Bharat Shah episode: but what the ..." |
 | | Indian Cinema A Very Short Introduction by Ashish Rajadhyaksha 144 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-103476-3, ISBN: 0-19-103476-2 "The 'Star Parade' had begun. Let us look only at the three years after the war, between 1946 and 1948. I shall take a somewhat arbitrary list by http:// boxofficeindia.com of the big hits of these three years. This list is only indicative: the industry did not then have, or perhaps have at any time, any very sophisticated means for checking box office success. Then, as now, it relied on the proverbial 'buzz'; and there was certainl ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema(Updated) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen Paperback, 658 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-566333-4, ISBN: 0-19-566333-0 |
 | | Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksha 568 Pages, Published 1995 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-563579-9, ISBN: 0-19-563579-5 |
 | | Edge of Desire Recent Art in India by Chaitanya Sambrani Kajri Jain and Ashish Rajadhyaksha 2005 Paperback by Kajri Sambrani Jain, Chaitanya Sambrani, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Asia Society. Museum Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2005 by Philip Wilson, Art Gallery Of Western Australia, & New York Asia Society ISBN-13: 978-0-87848-100-2, ISBN: 0-87848-100-1 "This book presents a decade-long perspective on contemporary visual practices in India,with stunning visuals and insightful essays by leading intellectuals in ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksha by Ashish Rajadhyaksha ISBN-13: 978-1-315-06254-9, ISBN: 1-315-06254-2 |
 | | Kumar Shahani(1st Edition) The Shock of Desire and Other Essays by Ashish Rajadhyaksha Paperback, 390 Pages, Published 2015 by Tulika Book ISBN-13: 978-93-82381-61-7, ISBN: 93-82381-61-9 "The fifty-one essays compiled in this book were written over a forty-year period by India's leading independent filmmaker. They provide new insights into a turbulent era in modern India's cultural history.Although known primarily as a filmmaker, Kumar Shahani has taught, spoken and written on a variety of subjects over this period, that include the cinema, but also politics, aesthetics, history and psychoanalysis. In these essays Shahan ..." |
 | | Overload, Creep, Excess An Internet from India by Nishant Shah, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Nafis Aziz Hasan, Leftword Books Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 2023 by Leftword Books ISBN-13: 978-93-92018-52-7, ISBN: 93-92018-52-5 |
 | | You Dont Belong Pasts and Futures of Indian Cinema (Chinese Edition) by Ashish Rajadhyaksha, 阿希什·拉贾德雅克萨 Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2012 by Shanghai Peoples Publishing House ISBN-13: 978-7-208-10359-7, ISBN: 7-208-10359-3 "India is world famous as the worlds largest film producer. But we dont know what this fact means to the social reality in India. Cooperating with an Indian film panorama with more than thirty films of the same name, we try to show the audience the complex experimental appearance of Indian film. This book covers writings regarding Indian film of the past thirty years, reveals the phenomenon of how the India social science theory attempts ..." |
 | | Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid Form Bollywood to the Emergency by Ashish Rajadhyaksha Hardcover, 441 Pages, Published 2009 by Tulika Books ISBN-13: 978-81-89487-52-2, ISBN: 81-89487-52-3 "This reconstructs an era of film that saw an unprecedented public visibility attained to the moving image and to its social usage. The cinema was not invented by celluloid, nor will it die with celluloid's growing obsolescence. But celluloid names a distinct era in cinema's career that coincides with a particular construct of the twentieth-century state." |
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